Fatty Liver: Risk Factors and Prevention

Abstract

Fatty liver is abnormal health condition causes by accumulation of excess fat in liver cells. Firstly, it is no clinical symptoms resulting in unaware and undiagnosed disease. Its pathogenesis is progressive to liver fibrosis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Liver fibrosis and steatohepatitis is reversible conditions but cirrhosis and liver cancer is irreversible disease. Manifestations of fatty liver are abnormal liver function test, pain in liver area, stiffness of liver, and necrosis of hepatocytes [1]. There are two main risk factors: alcoholic and nonalcoholic association. This paper will discuss about risk factors and prevention of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).